Little Miss was invited at Little Rascals Playland some time ago for a friend's birthday party. The Little Rascals Playland runs the center as a membership based indoor playground where members have unlimited access to the venue and runs birthday parties or celebrations for parents & carers at other times.

The facilities include an enclosed toddler zone for under 5s, a huge 300m2 Climbing Frame, a Pulsating 3-lane Giant Racing Slide, a Fun Ball Zone, a Web climb Zone, Trampolines, a Spiral Slide and is of course fully air-conditioned which is perfect for hot or rainy days.

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Photo credit: @busycitykids

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Little Rascals Playland can be hired for 2.5 hours at various times on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays. Pricing for party venue hire and catering packages vary and you can bring your own cake. Children must be 11 years or under to play on the equipment and kids 5 and under can play in the Toddler Zone. There is also a café onsite. There is ample free parking onsite as well as kids toilets. It is a great option for celebrating a birthday party with friends and family.

Busy City Kids were NOT invited to conduct a review at Little Rascals however we thought we would share our experience at this birthday party venue to provide ideas for parents for their child's birthday.

Earlier this year, little Miss was invited to a friend’s birthday party, but not just any party - a Gymstars Cheerleaders Birthday Party brought to you by the same people who run Ninja Kids in Brookvale.

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The Gymstars Party Team are a group of professional, American style, competitive cheerleaders who will teach some dance and cheer routines and show some fun stunts and tumbling to party guests! All routines are age appropriate, fun and easy for guests to perform. The Gymstars Party Team also did a few fun games like dance statues and guests when we attended and were treated to a cute glitter tattoo on arrival too.

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Little Miss loved the pom poms and getting lifted by the cheerleaders and also loved how her little group were shown a specific routine which they then completed all by themselves.

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Gymstars Cheerleaders Birthday Party are a cute idea for a birthday party. Guests are given time between routines and play to have a break and enjoy birthday treats and the birthday cake. Parents and carers of the birthday guest can BYO their food and drinks for the party.

Busy City Kids were NOT invited to conduct a review at Gymstars however we thought we would share our experience at this birthday party venue to provide ideas for parents for their child's birthday.

Kate and her messy play lovers headed to The Messy Shed Balwyn last week to checkout what the mess was about ha! They spent a great hour enjoying free play at different stations all themed with Spring season messy activities. It looks like they had a great time! Thanks for the review and pics Kate. xo Catherine

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After the huge success of their first centre in Mornington, The Messy Shed opened in Melbourne’s east in August and has already gained an instant following with local parents and little mess makers.

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Photo credit: @kateflatman for @busycitykids

Their 45-minute sensory play sessions challenge children to think, interact, explore and most of all, have fun! Each week they run with a different theme, so whether it’s getting muddy with farm animals, digging with dinosaurs, making potions or creeping around with crawlies - there’s is something for everyone. With no rules except each activity stays within its allocated areas these sessions are completely child-led, which is just the way we like it!

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Our visit coincided with Spring activities which saw the poppets paint with fresh flowers, shear lambs, colour matching bugs, make things out of recycled materials and lots of water play! Lucky we bought a change of clothes!

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Photo credit: @kateflatman for @busycitykids

With three sessions each weekday, there is bound to be a time that you can enjoy with your little ones on a weekly or casual basis. Plus keep an eye on their Instagram and Facebook accounts for School Holiday sessions too.

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Photo credit: @kateflatman for @busycitykids

Looking for a simple but super fun party option? The Messy Shed offer private hire both during the week and on weekends for children’s parties. They provide the space and activities (and clean up) - you BYO everything else. How good is that?!?

Little Miss was recently invited to a birthday party at Rock House Climbing in Brookvale and was very happy to join her friends, an instructor and the father of her birthday friend to start the climbing lesson as soon as possible and eager for me to leave as a result ha!

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Kids 3 years+ can participate at Rock House Climbing. The instructor lets the kids know about their harness, safety instructions, what they will do and the plan for the party and breaks.

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Kids will do a series of climbs whether it be a wall climb or climbing up a ladder all while being assisted by an instructor. Once the climbing session is complete, kids can head upstairs for a self catered or pizza party and enjoy birthday celebrations and cake.

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Little Miss had lots of fun and wants us to throw her a Rock House birthday party next year! Checkout their website below for more information and pricing.

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Busy City Kids were NOT invited to conduct a review at Rock House Climbing however we thought we would share our experience at this birthday party venue to provide ideas for parents for their child's birthday.

A few weekends ago, little Miss was invited to a friend's birthday party at Stomping Ground in Brookvale. This indoor play centre is great for little ones under 5 during the week and kids between 6 and 12 years old on weekends for birthday parties and school holidays.

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Kids can burnout some energy celebrating their friend's birthday party by playing upstairs on the interactive magic floor, Foosball and Air Hockey tables while they wait for their party to start and head downstairs with supervisors and jump, climb and compete in the inflatables and finish off with a virtual reality session, have a snack and celebrate with the birthday cake.

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Little Miss loved going through the inflatable obstacles and going down the large slides, climbing the inflatable mountain, competing warrior style and knocking friends over in gladiator knock out and more and loved doing virtual reality too.

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The setup is great as parents of children attending the birthday party can drop off their child and be confident that they will have fun and be in safe hands with the supervisors at the centre. Parties run on Saturday and Sunday for 2 hours. For more details, head to the centre's website (link below).

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Stomping Ground are also open Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm during school terms for little ones under 5 to enjoy soft play. They also host Little Stomper birthday parties and special events from 1pm. Looking forward to reviewing the under 5s session soon. I know little Mister would love it!

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Busy City Kids were NOT invited to conduct a review at Stomping Ground however we thought we would share our experience at this indoor playground for parents with little ones under 5 and parents of kids over 5 for birthday party venue ideas.

A while back, little Miss was invited to a friend's birthday party at Ninja Kids in Brookvale. The Ninja Kids centre provides Ninja Warrior style obstacle course and tumbling classes and runs school holiday programs and birthday parties for kids 5 to 15 years.

Ninja Kids is all about improving confidence, flexibility, fitness, co-ordination in children all while letting them have heaps of fun in the process!

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Little Miss and her friends loved the different obstacle courses available. Kids were able to run up to a wall and climb up to press a bell, do a tricky obstacle course which challenged them for quite some time and let them climb through rope structure and loops across the foam pit and do different jumps over the foam pit.

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Ninja Kids parties are run by qualified and experienced coaches who provide structured activity and supervised free time which means parents of children invited to the party can drop off their child if they wish and come back once the party is done.

Parents can bring their own food and birthday cake, use the kitchenette and reception area for the party as well as tables and can invite up to 20 children and get exclusive use of the gym for the party.

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Little Miss had a wonderful time and had a great workout at the Ninja Kids party! We will keep this option up our sleeve for future birthday parties.

Busy City Kids were NOT invited to conduct a review at Ninja Kids however we thought we would share our experience at this birthday party venue to provide ideas for parents for their child's birthday. All opinions & feedback are genuine & truthful.